Booth autopsy

[J. Beckert]

(08-18-2013 07:09 PM)wsanto Wrote:  I guess it is feasable, based solely on the autopsy, that Booth may have shot himself. But why would he shoot himself in the neck? The neck shot makes the suicide theory very unlikely in my opinion. Almost invariably people try to shoot themselves through the brain (mouth, temporal) or through the heart.

I agree about the methods of suicide, but what makes me think he opted for this end is that Booth supposedly had an unnatural obsession with having his face scarred. To me that says, coupled with his own words that if they don't kill me, I'll kill myself, he knew a contact wound to the neck would be fatal. While either scenario is feasible and I don't doubt your medical opinion, I think you've just put to rest the opinion that Booth would have to had placed the gun in an awkward position that was physically impossible to achieve. Thank you.